Depeche Mode co-founder unveils an avant-garde and soothing debut solo album. Vince Clarke presents his first solo album, Songs Of Silence. As an Ivor Novello Award-winning songwriter, responsible for countless chart-topping pop songs, and co-founder of Erasure, Yazoo, and Depeche Mode, Clarke has waited until now to embark on a solo album. Recorded in his home studio in New York, work on the album began as a distraction during the first lockdown, a chance to finally understand the possibilities of Eurorack, a modular synthesizer famous for its limitless configurations.